Artificial Intelligence

By Paddy Padmanabhan 12:24 pm January 20, 2022
As ambient technologies improve, additional use cases to leverage voice will emerge – that leaves us with the question of how patients and physicians are responding to voice-enabled tools in their healthcare encounters.
By Mike Restuccia 10:37 am January 11, 2022
Areas of opportunity include data analytics for research, enhancing EHR capabilities and using AI algorithms to support patient care and operational efficiency, says Mike Restuccia.
NHS, King's Fund, transformation
By Dr Pritesh Mistry 01:38 am December 14, 2021
Digital technologies are constantly changing. Hardware is getting faster and more efficient. Software can harness these hardware improvements to improve the functionality of technology. And so healthcare staff and citizens will hopefully have access to tools that allow tasks to be completed quicker, or more intuitively ...
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By Charles Alessi 05:24 am December 07, 2021
Health is in the throes of some of the most significant changes as systems reel from a variety of rapidly changing environments. Dr Charles Alessi, Chief Clinical Officer at HIMSS, explores lessons learned, as we look cautiously to a better 2022.
By Sam Hanna 04:20 pm September 30, 2021
While the 'robot' aspect of RPA gets most of the attention, successful implementation centers on the people and processes that will be impacted by the technology – and in a healthcare system where burnout is rampant, there are plenty of those.
By Sam Hanna 12:22 pm August 24, 2021
A new weekly series looks beyond the pandemic and explores strategies for driving lasting, IT-enabled operational and business improvements across healthcare.
By Mike Draugelis 03:56 pm August 17, 2021
At Penn Medicine, integrated product teams – comprising data scientists, physicians and software engineers, among others – are helping improve AI and machine learning applications.
Physician and AI-enabled clinical decision support
By Joyoti Goswami 01:00 pm June 04, 2021
While traditionally deeply skeptical of artificial intelligence in clinical settings, in today's fast-changing care delivery landscape many physicians are thinking more proactively about how AI can improve quality and patient experience.
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By Mike Draugelis 04:01 pm March 17, 2021
Health systems that refuse to see themselves as engineering houses risk falling behind in their ability to properly leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning.
COVID-19, contact tracing
By Charles Alessi 08:16 am October 19, 2020
As we have heard repeatedly over the past few months, there is a need to think of managing this pandemic in the same way we prepare for a marathon rather than a sprint, says Dr Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer, HIMSS.